Congratulations, you are a mom!

You may be home with your first child or perhaps you already have many kids. Even though your child or children are the most important thing in your life right now, but whether you’re a first-time mom, or a mother of several, it’s also natural to want to use your family leave to improve yourself.

Mothers in Business was originally launched by mothers on family leave, who realized there were no activities geared toward mothers and their ideas. There’s music clubs and baby swimming classes and a myriad of other activities for children and their wellbeing, but no place for career driven mothers to congregate. And this is also how Mothers in Business was founded, to help moms maintain their professional skills during parental leave and to enrich their everyday life.

Family leave can also be approached as an opportunity for professional re-evaluation. What direction do you want to go next? The first weeks you’ll be in a baby bubble, and that’s fine; you may have a lot of purchases to be made for the baby, you’ll find yourself nesting, and the crib won’t assemble itself. Maybe you’re thinking about shared hobbies and networks for you and your baby, and what kind of mother you’ll be. Whichever way you go, you’ll have made the right choice because it’s yours. 

Why would Mothers in Business be a good option for you?

As our member you get access to our events, influence in society and engage with other MiB-mothers. Mothers in Business provides much needed variety during family leave. You’ll stay up to date in professional issues and have a chance to network with mothers sharing your situation. And what’s best, you can bring your kids with you, so no need for babysitters!

During family leave you can also gather experience through becoming a MiB volunteer. Volunteering gives you an opportunity to work according to your own schedule in a way that will benefit you in the future.

Everyday life with a family

Your everyday life has changed. You have a new important person in your life and more responsibility than before. Below we’ve gathered some tips we hope can help you manage your daily chores and tasks. You have less time for yourself and sometimes you may feel tired. Now is the time to pay attention to coping in your everyday life. Below we have gathered some tips to help you during this time!

1. Enjoy. Your child is small now, and now is the time you can dedicate to your baby.

2. Share responsibility. A child with two parents also has two caretakers. If you’re a single mother, don’t shy away from asking help from your support network, or inquire about assistance at a maternity and child health clinic.

3. Be merciful towards yourself. Everything doesn’t need to be perfect, and the world doesn’t end simply because of dust bunnies on the floor or stains on your child’s shirt.

4. Plan ahead. Make your tasks easier by planning ahead. Buy the whole week’s groceries in one go, choose clothes for the next day in the evening, and so on.

5. Believe in yourself. Motherhood will enrich your life in multiple ways, some of which will also be useful in your career. You can achieve everything you want, both career and a family.

6. Take care of yourself. Although most of your attention is focused on work and family matters, also remember to care for yourself. Do you eat properly, do you have time of your own?

7. Don’t forget about you. Although motherhood may seem to take over your thoughts, remember that you have the right to think about other things as well. You can dream about and talk about also things that are not related to your baby.

8. Peer support. It’s important to share experiences with people in a similar situation, they will genuinely understand your circumstances. MiB provides a perfect opportunity.

Motherhood makes you a hero of working life

There is no need to fear that parenting will negatively affect your ability to work - it won’t! It’s natural for motherhood to take over your thoughts, especially right after a child is born - it’s the famous baby bubble.

You may seem to have forgotten everything else. But believe it or not, when the bubble finally bursts, you will find that everything is safe, including your skills. You are still yourself, but you have certainly changed in some way.

You no longer want to waste time on unnecessary things, because you now have even more important things in your life. You know that your working hours are limited, which makes you a super-efficient employee without even noticing. You get a lot more done in less time.

No more overtime just because you don’t stick to schedules.

Back to work from family leave

Enjoy the time with your child before you think about returning to work from family leave. The job is waiting for you, and everything has been taken care of there during your leave. When it is finally time to start preparing to return to work again, we have gathered a lot of tips for you to make your return easy and easy. Leaving a child in care is a big change in family life! Remember that a child enjoys being with other little ones and it can be good for you too to get to do something without children for a long time? In this case - work.

In between jobs?

Not everyone has a job to return to after taking family leave. And some of us might not have any sense of what we’d like to do after the end of family leave. That's totally OK! Indeed, family leave is often a time when a mother begins to reflect on her own life and what she really wants to do. Motherhood has been able to turn your world of values on its head and now you are looking at things from a completely different perspective. Some realize that they no longer want to continue in the same job as before and are starting to really think about their dreams. Others begin to pursue entrepreneurship and while others seek a new job in an area of interest.

Congratulations, you've got a new job!

Your search has paid off and you have finally found an interesting new job. Now you just have to trust yourself and go boldly towards new challenges! It’s normal to feel feelings of insecurity at first, but remember; family time has not done anything to your skills! Your competencies are still there, and motherhood only enhances you as an employee. Be proud of your skills. Kehittyminen is important, however, is always accompanied by the MIB and keep to it that you can shine uudessta your work! Remember to be a family-friendly co-worker and encourage your work culture in a family-friendly direction? Be understanding of the situation of family co-workers and feel free to tell your supervisor about your hopes for reconciling work and family.